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RNS Number : 3322R
BlackRock Group
20 September 2017
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
BlackRock, Inc.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
IP Group plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
19 September 2017
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes, Touchstone Innovations plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
2p ordinary
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
10,588,394
1.51%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00%
199,112
0.02%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
10,588,394
1.51%
199,112
0.02%
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit




(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
133
GBP 1.1959
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
23
GBP 1.1969
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
145
GBP 1.2029
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
21
GBP 1.2169
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
48
GBP 1.2190
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
31
GBP 1.2208
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
32
GBP 1.2221
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
36
GBP 1.2236
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
41
GBP 1.2239
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
350
GBP 1.2241
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
46
GBP 1.2246
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
154
GBP 1.2249
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
177
GBP 1.2269
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
51
GBP 1.2274
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
17
GBP 1.2279
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
50
GBP 1.2280
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
37
GBP 1.2316
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
66
GBP 1.2327
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
7
GBP 1.2339
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,335
GBP 1.2359
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
106
GBP 1.2403
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
157
GBP 1.2405
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
111
GBP 1.2409
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
124
GBP 1.2420
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
6
GBP 1.2469
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2472
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2
GBP 1.2488
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2489
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2506
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2511
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2519
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2520
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2535
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
57
GBP 1.2549
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2577
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
15
GBP 1.2587
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2
GBP 1.2608
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2
GBP 1.2620
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2
GBP 1.2629
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2
GBP 1.2635
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
6
GBP 1.2654
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
5
GBP 1.2668
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2670
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2679
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
3
GBP 1.2710
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
4
GBP 1.2722
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
3
GBP 1.2730
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
6
GBP 1.2738
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
3
GBP 1.2740
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2747
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2
GBP 1.2756
2p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1
GBP 1.2789
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit








(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit




(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)




4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None.
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None.
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
No
Date of disclosure:
20 September 2017
Contact name:
Andrew Manchester
Telephone number:
+44 20 7743 3650
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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